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Originally Posted by beppe
Never been to Japan, I eat very seldom Japanese food, although every time I went to a Japanese eatery I enjoyed the experience no end. Less so when it was me fronting the bill ...
Nevertheless. I think that they eat very salty food. And much much soy related food.
Isn't that so?
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Salty foods, lots and lots of deep fried foods, plenty of soy products...
'Shio-yaki' - a small fish coated in salt and broiled. Eaten several times a week.
'Tsukemono' - salty pickled veggies, eaten several times a day
'Tempura' - need I say more?
Deep fried shrimp, pork cutlets, chicken, fish, mashed potato patties mixed with shrimp, or pork, chicken, fish, corn, etc. Eaten daily
Tofu - soy bean curd, eaten daily.
Soy milk, Natto - fermented soy beans
Sugar is added to almost every cooked dish.
Salt, grease, and sugar! That's why I've stayed so long! I love it!
After 20+ years here, I'm still waiting to see the healthy food... Japan must have the greatest PR man in history. People believe that Japanese food is so healthy, that Japanese are so skinny, and Japanese women are all trained like Geisha. I believed it too... until I moved here.
It took me a while to get the women trained...
Stitchawl